South Philadelphia drug gang now history

[EdMundo]

Posted: Thu, May. 31, 2012, 6:43 PM

South Philadelphia drug gang now history

By Sam Wood
INQUIRER STAFF WRITER

[annie]

http://www.philadelphiaspeaks.com/fo...27-11-a-2.html

[thoth]

Cool. One down, ∞ more to go!

[EdMundo]

Cool. One down, ∞ more to go!

Yup.

Nice to hear some follow-up and a happy ending, but lord only knows what filled the vacuum created by this bust. I have heard from folks in the area that it's been very quiet since the arrests.

[loveisnoise]

The reporters really have to do better than bloggers if they wish to keep their jobs.

"Peddled a 1/2 kilo?!" Ummmmm... I'm thinking that they most likely did a bit more than that in coke sales-that is only what the police bought to issue felony warrants. Anything under that would have been a smaller offense.

And was everyone evicted from those apartments? My guess it no. So much for the apartment complex living up to its word.

[thoth]

Yeah I'm definitely glad they got this element out of there cause I'm sure they had a hand in plenty of QV crime. All you can really hope is that the replacements, because there will be replacements, will shift their HQ farther from your particular neighborhood, whatever that's worth.

Yup.

Nice to hear some follow-up and a happy ending, but lord only knows what filled the vacuum created by this bust. I have heard from folks in the area that it's been very quiet since the arrests.

[EdMundo]

"Peddled a 1/2 kilo?!" Ummmmm... I'm thinking that they most likely did a bit more than that in coke sales-that is only what the police bought to issue felony warrants. Anything under that would have been a smaller offense.

Yeah, the Feds would def not have been involved for that amount

And was everyone evicted from those apartments? My guess it no. So much for the apartment complex living up to its word.

A good question, and one that QVNA should be following up on and finding out from the management. My guess is that some people who should be facing eviction because of their involvement or relation to the perps might still be there because it takes so damn long to actually boot someone out of housing like that. Court cases, city agencies, etc. etc. Plus, from what I understand, the place has one person managing it and doing all the eviction paperwork.

[MariusPontmercy]

Yeah, the Feds would def not have been involved for that amount




A good question, and one that QVNA should be following up on and finding out from the management. My guess is that some people who should be facing eviction because of their involvement or relation to the perps might still be there because it takes so damn long to actually boot someone out of housing like that. Court cases, city agencies, etc. etc. Plus, from what I understand, the place has one person managing it and doing all the eviction paperwork.

From what I understand that complex is privately owned.

[loveisnoise]

From what I understand that complex is privately owned.

A lot of section 8 housing is privately owned, but they are still to abide by requirements.

Unfortunately, it often goes nowhere since the place is rented by a family member instead of the actual drug offender.

[EdMundo]

From what I understand that complex is privately owned.

It is indeed privately managed.

Ownership is a convoluted pool of federal, state, and city agencies combined with the residents themselves. The standard lease they have has been beefed up in the past to make it easier to evict people who violate its terms, but, as LIN points out, it's often not as cut and dry as all that.

[thoth]

There are tons of tax-credit subsidized houses and apartments throughout the city. They are not section 8, they just get heavily discounted property taxes and pass the savings on as reduced rent (in theory). As everyone mentioned already, it's complicated.